Death and Injury toll at Little 500 Weekend in Bloomington

[longbow]

I just got home. How bad is it this year? I heard on girl fell and was hurt bady when I was over in IL for family stuff.

 

[hooky]

I'd heard there was a death in that fall. Off a second story balcony. Girl leaning on a guy who was leaning against the balcony railing. One is dead and the other with a broken neck. I was in the garage working and didn't hear it clearly enough to know which one was dead though.

258 Excise tickets handed out too.

 

[jblomenberg16]

WISHTV out of Indy confirming that a 20yr female old died in the fall, and the other's condition (male) is not known.

 

[atvdave]

IU student dies after fall from balcony | Indianapolis Star | indystar.com

 

[williamnewman1]

i think it ended at 271 citations , going to make the court system busy for a bit

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Anyone else glad that they were, in general, just citations? (as opposed to filling a paddy wagon a several dozen times and taking them to the jail)

The girl dying in the fall...tragic.

-J-

 

[hoosierdoc]

271 and none at the party where someone died? Is that to avoid negligent homicide or something like that?

Wooden railings suck. I knew someone paralyzed from T10 down after the same exact thing happened. He landed on a brick paver wall. The girl who landed on him destroyed her knee.

Sad all around.

 

[phylodog]

I wish I'd have only gotten a citation when I visited the little 500 years ago.

 

[bgray]

They even held court on Sunday. First time offenders were offered deferral with a $424 fine, 4 hours of community service, an alcohol education class, and a year of probation. They had to be at court at 0830, pay the fine, do the community service, and attend the class all on the same day.

 

[hoosierdoc]

They even held court on Sunday. First time offenders were offered deferral with a $424 fine, 4 hours of community service, an alcohol education class, and a year of probation. They had to be at court at 0830, pay the fine, do the community service, and attend the class all on the same day.

I think that's pretty standard. I had some friends do something similar while I was in Btown. Of course two of the years I was celebrating with the winning teams because I back a winner!

 

[Expat]

When I was down there some girl went out a window of a frat and was paralyzed too. The guy told her to put out or get out, when she refused, he tossed her out of his second story window, allegedly of course. I don't think there was much of an attempt at enforcement of any rules at that time.

 

[bgray]

I think that's pretty standard. I had some friends do something similar while I was in Btown. Of course two of the years I was celebrating with the winning teams because I back a winner!

My buddy coaches the Cutters. He won once as a rider, and 7 times as a coach with 5 in a row up until this last race.

 

[Randrayla]

Good lord, I never realized this event even happened.

 

[longbow]

The guy that fell with the girl that died has life changing injuries.

 

[hoosierdoc]

My buddy coaches the Cutters. He won once as a rider, and 7 times as a coach with 5 in a row up until this last race.

Nice, I think 1997 was Dodds house while I was in Wright Quad and I can't remember the Cutters year but I want to say it would have been 1999 or 2000. I had friends on the team each year.

 

[GBuck]

"I've attended Super Bowls, World Series and the Monaco Grand Prix, but the coolest event I ever attended was the Little 500,"

Lance Armstrong told Sports Illustrated for Kids last summer.

 

[seamus]

Its actually calmer than in year's past. No cars burnt etc. I have been multiple times when I was a student and when my siblings were students and never got in any trouble? I guess I was smarter than some.

 

[Indy317]

They even held court on Sunday. First time offenders were offered deferral with a $424 fine, 4 hours of community service, an alcohol education class, and a year of probation. They had to be at court at 0830, pay the fine, do the community service, and attend the class all on the same day.

Are you sure? I thought that was the Monroe Co. Prosecutor's Office annual community fundraising drive?